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The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change offers
innovative and practical information to aid in the successful
implementation of research methodologies. Written by a collective
of experienced scholars, it provides inspiration for future
academics wishing to advance research into human system changes.
Presenting traditional, modern and potential future research
methods within the field of organizational change and development,
the Handbook offers practical guidance on how to carry out a wide
range of different research methods, from rapid response to action
research. Chapters explore the methods aligned with the phenomena
of organizational change, as well as the various ontologies,
epistemologies, frameworks, and values that researchers of
organizational change adopt. The Handbook ultimately calls for the
discipline to challenge existing paradigms and rethink its
approaches to advancing knowledge regarding organizational change.
This stimulating Handbook will be valuable for students and
scholars of business and innovation hoping to conduct research into
what transformational change on such a grand scale requires. Its
expert insights will also be beneficial for scholars of
interconnected disciplines such as sociology and psychology.
This practical book explores collaborative inquiry as an approach
to research and change in organizations where internal members and
external researchers work together as partners to address
organizational issues and create knowledge about changing
organizations. Taking a research-based approach, Abraham B. (Rami)
Shani and David Coghlan analyze the challenges that participants
face in building a partnership between researchers and
practitioners throughout the phases of collaboration. Chapters
explore how collaborative partners assess the organization's
current and future capabilities by expressing the present and
future in creative imagery and by making relevant changes in the
organization to create that future. The book examines the
theoretical foundations behind collaborative inquiry in addition to
the methodologies of this approach to organization development and
change. Mapping both the theory and practice of collaborative
inquiry, this book will be a valuable resource for scholars and
students of organization studies and research methods, particularly
those with a focus on business and management. It will also be
beneficial for practitioners interested in collaborative and action
research modes.
This practical book explores collaborative inquiry as an approach
to research and change in organizations where internal members and
external researchers work together as partners to address
organizational issues and create knowledge about changing
organizations. Taking a research-based approach, Abraham B. (Rami)
Shani and David Coghlan analyze the challenges that participants
face in building a partnership between researchers and
practitioners throughout the phases of collaboration. Chapters
explore how collaborative partners assess the organization's
current and future capabilities by expressing the present and
future in creative imagery and by making relevant changes in the
organization to create that future. The book examines the
theoretical foundations behind collaborative inquiry in addition to
the methodologies of this approach to organization development and
change. Mapping both the theory and practice of collaborative
inquiry, this book will be a valuable resource for scholars and
students of organization studies and research methods, particularly
those with a focus on business and management. It will also be
beneficial for practitioners interested in collaborative and action
research modes.
Improvement is fundamental to the competitiveness of networks and
requires the participating firms to collaborate in identifying and
introducing changes. This book presents collaborative strategic
improvement as a cycle of activities in which firms in a network
can engage together. Drawing on actual cases, authors link this
cycle with disciplined action learning as a means of building upon
experience generated through collaborative action. They describe
how a network can learn from experience and deploy that learning in
the marketplace. This unique book brings together the domains of
operations management, organizational learning and action learning.
From an operations management perspective, the work extends the
established concept of strategic improvement in operations to the
network within which firms collaborate to improve and to compete.
From an action learning perspective, it draws on the emerging
literature on network learning, re-frames the established concept
of action learning as a learning mechanism and extends action
learning into the network setting. Here, it values the
inter-organizational insights that emerge through collaboration.
Finally, the study articulates a philosophy and a framework for
action learning research, extending the reach of action learning
beyond practice to knowledge generation. Directed to researchers
engaged in active intervention in improvement initiatives in
organizations, this insightful book will prove to be a must-have
resource. Also, it will appeal strongly to practitioners, including
managers and action learning facilitators. Contents: 1. Overture;
Part I: The Domains; Introduction to Part I; 2. Collaborative
Strategic Improvement; 3. Learning in and Between Organizations; 4.
Action Learning in and Between Organizations; 5. Intermission - The
State of Our Understanding; Part II: Learning in Action;
Introduction to Part II; 6. Collaborative Strategic Improvement
Action Learning Programme Design; 7. Effecting Collaborative
Operational Strategic Improvement in a Non-Contractual Setting; 8.
Effecting Collaborative Operational Strategic Improvement in the
Contractual Setting of an Extended Manufacturing Enterprise; Part
III: Consolidation; Introduction to Part III; 9. Realizing
Strategic Improvement; 10. Guidelines for Realizing Sustainable
Strategic Improvement; 11. Action Learning Research in
Inter-organizational Settings; 12. Finale; Appendices; Appendix I:
National Action Learning Programme (NALP): Background and Overview;
Appendix II: CO-IMPROVE: Background and Overview; Appendix III:
Introductory Workshop on Action Learning
Organizations change, usually driven by strategies, yet strategic
management and organizational change are generally understood as
separate domains in the business world. This book integrates the
behavioural dynamics of learning, change and strategy at and across
individual, team, interdepartmental, group and organizational
levels. This new edition emphasizes what can be done in
organizations to enable strategy to be effective and to help
organizations to change and learn. Central to the book is a
reflexive engagement approach through inviting the readers to apply
concepts to their own organizational situations and via reflective
exercises. The authors also offer cases from a wide range of
organizations, from universities to steel and digital businesses.
This practical book addresses managers, consultants, students and
researchers and provides specific orientation to assist each
readership group to learn from its own perspective.
"Managers Learning in Action" takes a wholly original approach to
organizational learning. Rather than offering either a purely
practical or theoretical context, this text is written by a team of
managers and academics, combining theory and practice to create a
holistic, and above all realistic, exploration of learning at work.
The managers writing in this text offer real life examples of
management challenges they have met. Whether rescuing an ailing
organization or managing inter-organization relations, managing
change or managing human resources, many of today's crucial
management challenges are addressed. Covering a range of sectors,
the organizations studied include those in:
- hi-tech manufacturing,
- engineering,
- telecommunications,
- health care,
- transport,
- government agencies.
Contributors are drawn from three well-established academic
programs: the Irish Management Institute/ University of Dublin
Masters in Management Practice; the US Benedictine University PhD
in Organizational Development; and the Henley Management College
DBA and edited by the academic directors of these programs.
By offering these managers' own reflections on their experiences in
the context of relevant management theory, this text provides an
important and innovative contribution for those both studying
organizations and for those managers who are currently learning and
developing at work.
"Managers Learning in Action" takes a wholly original approach to
organizational learning. Rather than offering either a purely
practical or theoretical context, this text is written by a team of
managers and academics, combining theory and practice to create a
holistic, and above all realistic, exploration of learning at work.
The managers writing in this text offer real life examples of
management challenges they have met. Whether rescuing an ailing
organization or managing inter-organization relations, managing
change or managing human resources, many of today's crucial
management challenges are addressed. Covering a range of sectors,
the organizations studied include those in:
- hi-tech manufacturing,
- engineering,
- telecommunications,
- health care,
- transport,
- government agencies.
Contributors are drawn from three well-established academic
programs: the Irish Management Institute/ University of Dublin
Masters in Management Practice; the US Benedictine University PhD
in Organizational Development; and the Henley Management College
DBA and edited by the academic directors of these programs.
By offering these managers' own reflections on their experiences in
the context of relevant management theory, this text provides an
important and innovative contribution for those both studying
organizations and for those managers who are currently learning and
developing at work.
This book examines representations of the specter in American
twentieth and twenty-first-century fiction. David Coughlan's
innovative structure has chapters on Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Toni
Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, and Philip Roth alternating with
shorter sections detailing the significance of the ghost in the
philosophy of Jacques Derrida, particularly within the context of
his 1993 text, Specters of Marx. Together, these accounts of
phantoms, shadows, haunts, spirit, the death sentence, and
hospitality provide a compelling theoretical context in which to
read contemporary US literature. Ghost Writing in Contemporary
American Fiction argues at every stage that there is no self, no
relation to the other, no love, no home, no mourning, no future, no
trace of life without the return of the specter-that is, without
ghost writing.
This book examines representations of the specter in American
twentieth and twenty-first-century fiction. David Coughlan's
innovative structure has chapters on Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Toni
Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, and Philip Roth alternating with
shorter sections detailing the significance of the ghost in the
philosophy of Jacques Derrida, particularly within the context of
his 1993 text, Specters of Marx. Together, these accounts of
phantoms, shadows, haunts, spirit, the death sentence, and
hospitality provide a compelling theoretical context in which to
read contemporary US literature. Ghost Writing in Contemporary
American Fiction argues at every stage that there is no self, no
relation to the other, no love, no home, no mourning, no future, no
trace of life without the return of the specter-that is, without
ghost writing.
Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling
book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories,
issues, and approaches to insider action research. With an
encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for
anyone conducting action research in their own organization.
Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps
readers devise an appropriate research design that anticipates
possible challenges and fits within the limits of their
environments. A complete do-it-yourself toolkit for every step of
the action research process, this edition is outfitted with:
Real-world student and professional case studies Author video tips
Annotated templates Progress checklists Journal articles, weblinks,
and other further reading. To the point without losing clarity or
thoroughness, this book is the hands-on manual for all the
need-to-know facts about understanding and undertaking insider
action research.
Moving away from the common/traditional focus on studying
organizations from a distance, this highly engaging book introduces
the idea of studying them from the inside. Inside Organizations:
Exploring Organizational Experiences guides placement students, and
any student undertaking part-time work in an organization, through
'insider inquiry', helping them to develop key reflexive and
critical thinking skills for their future careers. It encourages
you to pay attention to what goes on in organizations, to question
what you experience and ultimately to make sense of how
organizations function, helping you to develop key reflexive and
critical thinking skills for your future careers. This book is
ideal for students on programmes with a placement or internship
element such as business and management, nursing and health, and
education and is especially useful to those doing reflective
journals and essays.
In Conducting Action Research, Coghlan and Shani explain how action
research differs from more detached research methods and provides
expert guidance on how to engage effectively with it, helping the
reader to complete both a successful research project and produce
findings that are useful in an organizational context. Ideal for
Business and Management students reading for a Master's degree,
each book in the series may also serve as reference books for
doctoral students and faculty members interested in the method.
Part of SAGE's Mastering Business Research Methods, conceived and
edited by Bill Lee, Mark N. K. Saunders and Vadake K. Narayanan and
designed to support researchers by providing in-depth and practical
guidance on using a chosen method of data collection or analysis.
Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling
book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories,
issues, and approaches to insider action research. With an
encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for
anyone conducting action research in their own organization.
Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps
readers devise an appropriate research design that anticipates
possible challenges and fits within the limits of their
environments. A complete do-it-yourself toolkit for every step of
the action research process, this edition is outfitted with:
Real-world student and professional case studies Author video tips
Annotated templates Progress checklists Journal articles, weblinks,
and other further reading. To the point without losing clarity or
thoroughness, this book is the hands-on manual for all the
need-to-know facts about understanding and undertaking insider
action research.
Organizations change, usually driven by strategies, yet strategic
management and organizational change are generally understood as
separate domains in the business world. This book integrates the
behavioural dynamics of learning, change and strategy at and across
individual, team, interdepartmental, group and organizational
levels. This new edition emphasizes what can be done in
organizations to enable strategy to be effective and to help
organizations to change and learn. Central to the book is a
reflexive engagement approach through inviting the readers to apply
concepts to their own organizational situations and via reflective
exercises. The authors also offer cases from a wide range of
organizations, from universities to steel and digital businesses.
This practical book addresses managers, consultants, students and
researchers and provides specific orientation to assist each
readership group to learn from its own perspective.
Moving away from the common/traditional focus on studying
organizations from a distance, this highly engaging book introduces
the idea of studying them from the inside. Inside Organizations:
Exploring Organizational Experiences guides placement students, and
any student undertaking part-time work in an organization, through
'insider inquiry', helping them to develop key reflexive and
critical thinking skills for their future careers. It encourages
you to pay attention to what goes on in organizations, to question
what you experience and ultimately to make sense of how
organizations function, helping you to develop key reflexive and
critical thinking skills for your future careers. This book is
ideal for students on programmes with a placement or internship
element such as business and management, nursing and health, and
education and is especially useful to those doing reflective
journals and essays.
For the first time, internationally-renowned scholars David Coghlan
and Abraham B. Shani bring together the important articles and
publications in action research in business and management since
the 1950s. Action research is presented in terms of its historical
and philosophical foundations and development, its implementation
in different business settings and disciplines, and its
contemporary and developmental opportunities. Volume 1: Foundations
of Action Research in Business and Management Volume 2: Business
Disciplines Volume 3: Action Research in Diverse Industries Volume
4: Contemporary and Emerging Issues Designed to be a foundation
resource for individual scholars and business schools, this
collection provides academics in the field with a touchstone
resource to help build their knowledge and understanding of the
field.
Throughout the 1990s, predictions of Korean reunification were
rife. Since then, enthusiasm for such predictions have faded, and
although the underlying assumption of reunification remains,
forecasts of when and how this will occur have been more subdued.
Reunification poses two distinct yet interdependent conundrums:
reunification itself, which is the immediate challenge; and the
strategic landscape that emerges from reunification, which has the
potential to fundamentally transform strategic relationships in
Northeast Asia. Within this context, this paper examines the
prospects from Korean reunification. Initially, it will establish
the framework from which such prospects will emerge: the nature of
the North Korean regime, the cost of reunification, and likely
reunification scenarios. From this framework, a raft of challenges
and opportunities present themselves to the stakeholders in the
region; and South Korea, China, the United States and, to a lesser
extent, Japan and Russia will be examined...
Throughout the 1990s, predictions of Korean reunification were
rife. Since then, enthusiasm for such predictions have faded, and
although the underlying assumption of reunification remains,
forecasts of when and how this will occur have been more subdued.
Reunification poses two distinct yet interdependent conundrums:
reunification itself, which is the immediate challenge; and the
strategic landscape that emerges from reunification, which has the
potential to fundamentally transform strategic relationships in
Northeast Asia. Within this context, this paper examines the
prospects from Korean reunification. Initially, it will establish
the framework from which such prospects will emerge: the nature of
the North Korean regime, the cost of reunification, and likely
reunification scenarios. From this framework, a raft of challenges
and opportunities present themselves to the stakeholders in the
region; and South Korea, China, the United States and, to a lesser
extent, Japan and Russia will be examined to determine prospects
from Korean reunification. The paper will suggest that China, at
the expense of the United States, has positioned itself to
profoundly influence the nature of reunification, the "tilt" of a
unified Korea, and with it, the future Northeast Asian strategic
environment.
In Conducting Action Research, Coghlan and Shani explain how action
research differs from more detached research methods and provides
expert guidance on how to engage effectively with it, helping the
reader to complete both a successful research project and produce
findings that are useful in an organizational context. Ideal for
Business and Management students reading for a Master's degree,
each book in the series may also serve as reference books for
doctoral students and faculty members interested in the method.
Part of SAGE's Mastering Business Research Methods, conceived and
edited by Bill Lee, Mark N. K. Saunders and Vadake K. Narayanan and
designed to support researchers by providing in-depth and practical
guidance on using a chosen method of data collection or analysis.
Action research is a term used to describe a family of related
approaches that integrate theory and action with a goal of
addressing important organizational, community, and social issues
together with those who experience them. It focuses on the creation
of areas for collaborative learning and the design, enactment and
evaluation of liberating actions through combining action and
research, reflection and action in an ongoing cycle of cogenerative
knowledge. While the roots of these methodologies go back to the
1940s, there has been a dramatic increase in research output and
adoption in university curricula over the past decade. This is now
an area of high popularity among academics and researchers from
various fields-especially business and organization studies,
education, health care, nursing, development studies, and social
and community work. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research brings
together the many strands of action research and addresses the
interplay between these disciplines by presenting a
state-of-the-art overview and comprehensive breakdown of the key
tenets and methods of action research as well as detailing the work
of key theorists and contributors to action research.
Applying a reflective behavioural science approach to the
effectiveness and improvement of organizations, organization
development has embedded itself firmly in the bricks and mortar of
organization studies in the last half century. This collection
brings together, for the first time, a diverse range of papers in
the field, serving as the first point of reference for
practitioners and academics alike. Adopting a critical perspective,
the pre-eminent editors have brought acknowledged twentieth-century
milestones together with modern classics from the founders of this
core theoretical area of organization studies, as well as other
largely unacknowledged and difficult to find highlights - a renewed
focus on which will help redefine understanding of the field.
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